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FOREIGN REPORTS.

CHOLERA, YELLOW FEVER, PLAGUE, AND SMALLPOX.
Reports Received During Week Ended Sept. 4, 1914.

[From medical officers of the Public Health Service, American consuls, and other sources.]

CHOLERA.

Places.

Date.

Cases.

Deaths.

Remarks.

India:

June 14-20

1

1

10
6

13

June 28-July 11 . . .

June 14-20

6
13
1

Straits Settlements:

June 21-July 5

Turkey in Europe:

' Bulletin Quarantenaire d'Egypte, July 23, 1914.
PLAGUE.

China:

July 12-18

11

8

Jan. 1-July 21: Cases, 167; deaths,

July 12-20

3
4

1

2
3

1

90.

Port Said

July 16-21

Hawaii:

May 31-July 4: Cases, 7,831;

June 14-20

3

3
20
10

2

deaths, 7,124.

June 28-July 11....

June 14-20

10

12

Indo-China:

July 14-20

SMALLPOX.

Australia:

New South Wales— Sydney

Brazil:

Pemambuco . . .
China:

Hongkong

Egypt:

Alexandria

Cairo

Italy:

Turin

Mexico:

Mexico

Monterey

Turkey in Asia:

Beirut

Jerusalem

Do

Turkey in Europe:

Salonfki

May 16-July 15..
July 12-18

July 16-22. .
July 9-15. ..

July 20-26

Jan. 17-Feb. 21..
Aug. 10-16

July 12-18..
June 14-30..
June 5-25. . .

July 12-Aug. 1..

July 3-23: Cases. 41 in the metro-
politan area, and 15 cases in the
country district.

(2325)

September 4, 1914

2326

CHOLERA, YELLOW FEVER, PLAGUE, AND SMALLPOX— Continued.
Reports Received from June 27 to Aug. 28, 1914.

CHOLERA.

Place.

Date.

Cases.

Deaths.

Remarks.

Ceylon:

Colombo

Uda Pusselawa, district.

China:

Hankow

Chaochow fu . . .

Canton

Hongkong

Dutch East Indies:

Java—

Batavia

Moluccas—
Menado

Sunda Islands..
India:

Bassein

Bombay

Calcutta

Madras

Moulmine

Negapatam

Rangoon

Indo-China

June 14-20.
June 7-13. .

Battambang

Saigon

Persia:

Anzali

Philippine Islands:

Manila

Russia:

Podolia—

Letichev...
Siam:

Bangkok

Straits Settlements:

Singapore

Turkey in Europe:

Adrianople

July 12-18

July 4

Jan. 1-Apr. 30.
May 17-23

Aug. 28- July 4...

June 21-27.
June 0-13..

Apr. 28-Junel3.
May 17-July 11..
May 10-June 27 .
May 31-July 18..

June 7-13

May 14-June 13 .
Apr. 1-May 31 . .

June 11-20.
June 2-29..

June 15..
July 4-11.

July 10

Apr. 19- June 13.
May 10-June 20.
May 14-19

45
225
42

1
11

7

2
253

61
2

Present in Kumbalagamuwa and
the neighboring tea estates.

From up-country districts.
Present.

In Bali and Lombok.

Aug. 17, present.

Jan. 1-Mav 10: Cases, 125; deaths,
64. May 21-June 20: Cases, 22.

YELLOW FEVER.

Brazil:

Bahia

Pernambuco .
Ecuador:

Guayaquil . . .
Venezuela:

Caracas

Maracaibo . . .

May 10-July25..
May 1-15

May 1-31.

June 1-30.
June 15 . . .

Present in light form. No cases
since.

PLAGUE.

Brazil:

Bahia

Pernambuco.
Ceylon:

" Colombo

China

Amoy

Kulangsu
Canton

May 17-July 25..
May 1-15

May 19-July 11...

June 20-July 4 .

May 20

Jan.l-Apr.30.

1

378

78

Jan. 1-Apr. 30, present in Hoks-
chan, Shuntak, Tangsehing,
and Tungkun. Apr. 3-17,
present in Kan-lai and San-hu,
20 miles distant from Pakhoi.
June 6, still present in vicinity
of Swatow. June 20, improv-
ing in the Chaochow and Tu-
ning districts.

Present. July 13, still present,
and present in inland villages.

2327 September 4, 1914

CHOLERA, YELLOW FEVER, PLAGUE, AND SMALLPOX— Continued.

Reports Received from June 27 to Aug. 28, 1914— Continued.

PLAGUE— Continued.

ri-ve.

Date.

Cases. Deaths.

Remarks.

China— Continued.
Chinchew

Fatshan

Hongkong .

Cuba.

El Caney.
Santiago . .

Dutch East Indies:
Provinces

Kediri

Madioen

Pasoeroean.

Surabaya . . .
Equador:

Guayaquil

Egypt

Alexandria

Port Said

Provinces—
Assiout...
Charkieh.
Fayoum..

Gizeh

Menouf...
Minieh...
German East Africa:

Dar es Salaam

Muanza

Great Britain:

Liverpool

India

Bassein . . .
Bombay..
Calcutta...
Karachi...
Moulmine.
Rangoon..
Indo-China

Cholon

Pnum Penh.

Saigon

Japan

Hodogaya

O-No district

Taiwan (Formosa )-

Kagi

Tokyo

Yokohama

Mauritius

Peru:

Aneachs

Chimbote

Quarhuay (Huaylas).

Samanca

Arequipa —

Mollendo

Cahamarca —

Contumaza

Lambayeque—

Chiclayo

Guadalupe

May 30-June 6 .

May 13

MaylO-July 11..

Aug. 4

Apr. '-May 30.

do....'

do

do

472

173

1,699

138

May 1-June30...

Junc2-July 11..
JuneO-July 15..

May 25-June20..

July 13

May27-.July5...
May 27-June 24 .

June 17

May 23- July 12..

May 2- June 10..
Feb. 21-Mar. IS.

Aug. 8-12

Apr. 26- June 6..
May 17- July 18..
May 10-June27.
May 24- July IS..
Apr. 26-Junel3.
Apr. 1-May 31...

May Il-June20.
do

May 19-June29.

June9-July3.
June 9-15

May3-Julyl9...
June22-July 25.
July 5-Aug. 1 . . .

Apr. 17-23 .

Mar. 23-May 2.

....do

....do

Mar. 23-June7.
Mar. 23-May 2.

.do.
.do.

28
482

28

47

397

3

1

283
13
2

725

454
151

26

409

120

27

46

376

253
4
3

Present 30 miles north from

Amoy.
Present.
Total, Jan. 4-Jnly 11: Cas?s,

2,102: deaths, 1,658.
Total, Mar. 5-Aug. 14: Cases, 43;

deaths, 9.
In vicinity.
June30-Aug. 14: Cases, 14; deaths

3. Including previous reports.

Total, Apr. 1-May 31: Cases,
2,482; deaths, 2,220.

Total, Jan. 1-July 13: Cases, 159;
deaths, 85.

Total, Apr. 27-May 30: Cases,
38,124; deaths, 33,374.

Total; Jan. 1-Apr. 10:
1,249; deaths, 1,114. May 11-
June 20: Cases, 121.

Total, Jan. 1-May 31: Cases, 39;

deaths, 34.
Near Yokohama.

Total, Apr. 18-July 25: Cases, 45.

And vicinity. Total May 23-

Aug. 1: Cases, 21; deaths, 18.

No report of deaths received.
Present.

Do.

Do.

September 4, 1914 2328

CHOLERA, YELLOW FEVER, PLAGUE, AND SMALLPOX— Continued.

Reports Received from June 27 to Aug. 28, 1914— Continued.

PLAGUE— Continued.

Place.

Date.

Cases.

Deaths.

Remarks.

Peru— Continued.
Libertad—

Mar. 23-May 30...

Mar. 24-30 4

Mar. 23-May 2

1

8
16

16

15
4

3

7

3

TJnigambal (Santiago

deChuco).
Trujillo

.do

Mar. 23-June7.,..
.do

Lima—

Mar. 23-May 30...

Mar. 23-May 2

Mar. 23-May 30...

May 17-30

July 7, still present.

Piura—

Philippine Islands:

3

May 17, 1 case from s. s. Taisang;
from Amoy, May 23, 1 case
from s. s. Linan from Amoy,
June 12-20, a fatal case from
s. s. Linan from Amoy: June 17
a fatal case in the Philippine
General Hospital.

Cebu

Russia:

Astrakhan, government—
Arstbanskoje -Tebe

May 25- June 22...
May 25-June 14...

8
10

12

2
10

Hongkong.

Senegal:

May 17-23, 5 deaths daily among
natives.

Siam:

Apr. 19- June 13...

9
2
8

Straits Settlements:

May 10-16

2

16
2

Turkey in Asia:

June24-Julvl9..
June 10- July 6

Jaffa

4

3

SMALLPOX.

Algeria:

Departments-
Algiers

Constantine

Oran

Arabia:

Aden

Australia:

New South Wales-
Sydney

Western Australia—

Bunbury quarantine
station.
Austria-Hungary:

Galicia

Upper Austria

Belgium:

Liege

Brazil:

Bahia

Para

Pernambuco

Eio de Janeiro

Canada:

Manitoba-
Winnipeg

Ontario —

Niagara Falls

Ottawa

Mar. 1-May 31.

do

....do

June 10-16.

May 5-June 12.

May 17-23..
do

June 1-6

June 1-Jnly 25 . .

May 24-30

May 1-15

May 10-July 18..

Juno 14-July 25 .

July 15-21

July 26-Aug. 1..

9

'790'

Total May 8-July 2: Cases, 113
in the metropolitan area and 30
cases in the country districts.

From s. s. Kilchattan from Bom-
bay, including previous report.

2329 September 4, 1914

CHOLERA, YELLOW FEVER, PLAGUE, AND SMALLPOX— Continued.
Reports Received from June 27 to Aug. 28, 1914— Continued.

SMALLPOX— Continued.

Place.

Date.

Crises.

Deaths.

Remarks.

Canada— Continued.

Prince p:dward Island-

Charlottetown

Quebec-
Quebec

Canary Islands:
Teneritfe —

Santa Cruz

Ceylon:

Colombo

XJra district—

Passara

China

Amoy

Canton

Chungking.

Dairen

Hongkong..

Nanking

Ncwehwang.
Pakhoi

Shanghai

Tientsin

Tsingtau

Dutch East Indies:

Borneo

Java

Batavia...

Alexandria

Cairo

Port Said

France:

Bordeaux

Marseille

Paris

Germany

Hamburg

Kehl

Gibraltar

Great Britain:

Leeds

Southampton.
Greece:

Athens

India:

Bombay

Calcutta

Karachi

Madras

Rangoon

Indo-China:

Saigon

Japan

Kobe

Nagasaki

Taiwan ( Formosa) .

Yokohama

Mexico:

Chihuahua

Juarez

Mazatlan

Monterey

Tampico

Vera Cruz

Norway:

Trondhjem

Peru:

Callao

Lima

Portugal:

Lisbon

July 10-22

July 11- Aug. 8.

June 28- Aug. 1.

May 19-23

June 7-13

May 17-Junel3.
Jan. 1-Apr. 30...

May 23

June7-July 4...
May 10- July 4...

May 23. .
Julie 13 .
Apr. 17.

May 18-July 12..

June6

May 19-June20.

May 17-June27.

May 3-July 4.

June 4-July 8. . .
May21-Julyl5..
May 21-JuneG...

June 7-.Tuly 11 . .

Mav 1-31

May24-Julyll..

June 7-27.
May 1-31. .
June 8-27.

June f- July 18..
June 29- July 4..

July 6-12

May 19-Julyl8..
May 10-Juno27.
May24-July4...
Mayl7-Julyl8..
Apr. 1-10

May 12-18. .

June 19-23.

Mav 18-July 20..
May3-Julyll...
Juri° 23-29

May 18-Aug. 9...

Aug. 1

June 17-30

June 30- July 26..
May 11-July 31...
June 1-July 25.. .

June 1-July 31 . . .

June 22.
do..

39

10

1

19

301

121

41
173

32

Among coolies from India.
May l')-23, present in Kaying and

increasing in Choa Chow.
Present.

Endemic.

Total Jan. 4-May 30: Cases, 93';

deaths, 65.
Always prevalent.

Do.
Present, and in San-hu, 20 miles

distant.
Deaths among natives.

In the western part.

In the western part. May 3- July
4; Cases, 1,090; deaths, 202 in-
cluding Batavia.

May 31-July 11: Cases, 9.

Total Jan. 1-May 31: Cases, 23S;
deaths, 55.

Decreased.
Do.

June 14- July 25..

September 4, 1914

2330

CHOLERA, YELLOW FEVER, PLAGUE, AND SMALLPOX-Continued.
Reports Received from June 27 to Aug. 28, 1914 — Continued.

SMALLPOX-Continued.

riace.

Date.

Cases.

Deaths.

Remarks.

Russia:

Feb. 1-Apr. 30....
May 10 July 4

May 10- Aug. 4

MayHl-July 11....
May 24-.luly 4
Apr. 22-May 13 . . .
Feb. 1-Apr. 25

May 25- July 19....

7
33

6
12

75

S

92

12

Present.

June 0: Present in a mild
among 20,000 refugees
Asiatic Turkey, Chio,
Mitylene.

7

19
1

44

2

28
5
5

11

Servia:

Spain:

May 1-31...'

June 7-Aug. 1

May 31-June20...

32

14
1

25

570

11

Switzerland:

Turkey in Asia:

June 1-27

10
277

Mar. 15-July 11....

May 3-Junel3

May 13-Jiine 13

5

Turkey in Europe:

3

32

May 31-July 11....
May 9-23

8
1

form

Union of South Africa:

from
and